Young Keith Emerson with Gary Farr & T-Bones in 1966!

[womanwithabeard]

Brilliant video

[playonwords1]

thanks for the heads up on skipping to 4:10 Keith no doubt can rock anything with keys on it!!!!

[50Vernon]

Chris Barber on trombone - and Lee Jackson on bass ?

[3bar]

@50Vernon Yes, that is Lee on the bass!!

[RockbertoRocks]

Gary Farr's passionate singing is second to none. Missed but not forgotten.

[russiasvodka1969]

In the solo, I heard part of the Stone of Years solo from Tarkus. Funny how Keith got more famous than Gary Farr.

[fabrikk60]

Would love to see some footage of Emerson & The Nice backing the lovely P.P. Arnold, as they did shortly before they made the first Nice album.

[fabrikk60]

Ooh, 3 hotties standing behind Keith and checking out his organ! Notice that hot chicks do not fawn over trombone players...Incidentally, wonder why Keith never worked with a trombone player again? It would've been a perfect fit for ELP.

[FairDealDan]

Jump to 4:10 if you just want to see Keith's solo

[mrjohn1964]

Pray for us, Saint Youtube of unimaginary unseen footages,

Amen!

[CashWatkins]

I've never seen such a difference in a band in 2 songs. The first song was beyond pathetic. I laughed at it. And then - they just get the FUCK off in the second tune. Awesome.

[CHATRUCSONG]

such a level !!! this show the kind of professional that Keith always was from the very begining,an authentic improviser....god save the everlasting genius

[klnine]

Amazing ! 

[tallismaryward]

Chris Barber on trombone.This is great

[BarryPennock]

The fact that they speak French at the end kind of gives it away.

[bigtoneeze]

Lee Jackson on bass!!!!

[shingalingthing]

Fantastique!!

[martynhanson]

Yes, he does look like O'List but it is Cyrano Langston

[shiftwork]

ELP fan here, I have never heard any Gary Farr and the T-bones stuff before (honestly!) but this is fantastic.

[estosiesmusica]

excelente

[pruneytoes]

What is the name of the first song they play?

[yardbirdmackay]

Amazing to see and hear,what a great upload

[bowserb61]

WOW! At 4:27 , he plays the exact same little acending tritone lick that he plays toward the end of the Stones of Years solo. So cool to see what habits he had even back then.

[tarkushead]

Once again, thank goodness for you folks that find and hang on to these films and for youtube as a way to view them! This is an absolutely amazing video. The trombonist is wonderful, and what can you say about Keith that hasn't already been said. As an aside, even though it's not possible, there a a couple of young ladies dancing behind Keith - the one on the right looks like she's wearing a Tarkus t-shirt.

[barrabasi]

Well, the second piece is, undoubtedly, Brother Jack McDuff's "Rock Candy," perhaps Keith's ultimate inspiration in regards to the Hammond Organ. He has stated on several ocassions that he became kind of obsessed with McDuff's Hammond sound on a live recording of "Rock Candy,"and spent lots of time in trying to duplicate that "vicious" sound. Cheers.

[prohumanbeing]

@barrabasi Indeed it is. I'm a Hammond basher, too.

[barrabasi]

@prohumanbeing And it's really admirable how he succeeded in playing that B-3 classic on a modest L-100! During the solo, he even introduces some of his trademark chops and bits he would later use during his jazzy hammond improvisations with both The Nice and ELP.

[genesiscrimsonmusiKc]

Amazing! Never thought I'd see Keith pre-Nice. Can somebody possibly tell me the names of these songs? The first one is really good.

[kandremandre]

The drummer is Andrew Steele or Alan Turner ? Anyway, many thanks for posting such an incredible footage !!

[baw1939]

baw1939 I'd just left playing drums with this group before this footage and have written a script for potential film. Life on road with this and earlier T Bones(65) Rubbing shoulders with young future mega stars,accompanying Stevie Wonder,T Bone Walker.Marquee, Cavern.Ready Steady Go TV etc then arrival of Keith Emerson and later Lee Jackson.Film people please note.Brian Walkley

[martynhanson]

I think the lead guitarist is David Cyrano Langston who ended up as John Entwhisltle's bass tech. The gig was in Biarittz in the south of France. This was one of the tracks they recorded in the studio and it on on Keith's anthology Hammer it Out

[PAULLONDEN]

@martynhanson Its a coincidence though that the guitar player @ 2:23,looks suspiciously very VERY much like David O'List. Who by then had left The Attack. Could this maybe be an audition for Emerson's emerging NICE.?

[suitandtieguy]

holy shit!

[tonykbailey]

Nice!

[waendi14]

The trombone player is Chris Barber

[B3Rock]

Wow!! This is the earliest video footage of Emerson that I've ever seen!

Lee Jackson on left-hand bass guitar, too!! Who's the trombone player?

[ricever1]

Wow , Keith played an awesome Hammond solo even way back then ! Thank you for finding this rare video . V

[Alquit4]

Where did you find this? Very  rare. I think this is the Studio 51 Club in Soho London which is where the Stones and a lot of other bands started out.

[hall9calation]

@Alquit4

No, this is shot somewhere in France.. according to Keith Emerson's book

[TheLarry82]

congrats for this great video ;)

[FelixAtagong]

Keep'em coming Hal!

[retrospecta2010]

Wow, amazing footage. Great stuff.

[gawagney]

What a wonderful and unique piece of music history. Brilliant, thanks.